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136,210 Views ⢠Feb 25, 2015 ⢠Click to toggle off description
Why is my Gender Identity so important? Think for a moment about how you might describe someone. Now what if you didnât know their
gender? How would that change your description? How would it change their identity? Rikki will be taking us on a journey into the world between genders to explore how we can break from the prison of gender identity.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
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Genre: Nonprofits & Activism
Date of upload: Feb 25, 2015 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
10/10 great explanation, great incorporation of humour, and your voice is amazing to listen to. I was a little disappointed that you didn't really talk about non-binary people, but other than that I think you hit all the important points, in a very clear and concise way.
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"Challenge these rigid and stupid rules!"
Brilliant speech passionately delivered, thank you Rikki.
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Why is it that people with less than a smattering of understanding of complex issues donât hesitate to add their shallow pool of thought to a debate?
First - gender identity is NOT the same as sexuality and a personâs phenotype (their external appearance including genitalia) does not influence gender identity. During gestation, male human genitalia begins to differentiate from the base model of female at around the 6th week, triggered by the embryoâs Y chromosome.
I in 200 births presents an infant whose anatomy differs from the standard male and female. I in 2000 live births is a child with complex, ambiguous genitalia. It requires further tests to ascertain whether the child is chromosomally male or female. Even when we have the answer, none of this determines the childâs later gender identity, it is the BRAIN which decides. Some people can be born with what looks like male secondary sexual characteristics yet their brain has developed anatomically as female - post-mortem examination of the brain has given us an insight into the basis of gender identity and it is NOT the external anatomy as such.
! in 1000 people (most of whom identify as male) are born with an extra X chromosome (47, XXY). As a result they do not secrete enough testosterone to go through a typcal male puberty. In consequence, they develop breasts, their body shape is feminine, their voice does not break and they are unable to grow facial and male-pattern body hair. This does not mean that they will ID as female. Some do, but I repeat, gender identity is NOT dictated by the body.
I have worked with many young people who are diagnosed with this condition (Klinefelter Syndrome). I have also worked with young people who externally appear to be anatomically male, However, their brain has developed along female lines & vice versa - i.e. femaleâ anatomy contradicted by a male identity. Yet another condition reveals an individual who presents with intact external male genitalia and identifies as male, yet tests reveal that internally he possesses rudimentary female reproductive organs (uterus & fallopian tubes). Should the sex police then tell him that HE is actually SHE because of his internal organs or should they insist he is male becasue he has a penis and scrotum?
Before those who dismiss the facts leap to write about their concept of ânormalityâ I suggest that they should attend university for 5 years (as I did) qualify with a doctorate (as I did) and spend 4 years in research (as I did) and then work for 16+ years with the very people I have described above (as I have done) and then perhaps you will be able to write about such matters with more authority. Even better, keep an open mind and spend some time with the very people I describe above. You may learn something more useful than uninformed prejudice.
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So now when a women gives birth to a baby and asks the doctor "is it a boy or a girl?" the doctor needs to respond "we won't know for quite some time".
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This is such an interesting topic; thank you for sharing! But one of your comments really struck me. You said to one of the guys here " But what would you do if your daughter started wanting to wear boys
clothes, wanted to change her name to a boys name, refused to wear
dresses, insisted on playing soccer or football..." I did all of those things as a little girl. My mother couldn't even put a bow in my hair without me screaming. I played soccer/football starting at 6 years old and continued all the way through university. I played many sports, actually. You can't possibly be saying that I was a boy because of that, right? I was always considered a girl with my own special interests. I was a tomboy, yes (and be careful if you use that word in Thailand because it has a very different meaning there that I found out the hard way, haha) but girls and women can do a wide variety of things and have many interests. That doesn't define my gender. I do enjoy wearing dresses and skirts now, but that's because soccer players have nice legs haha. But seriously, I am happy that no one started encouraging me to change my gender when I was younger. I've always been proud of being a strong woman. Just because a child starts acting like a person who has interests that are not exactly what had previously been considered to be traditionally of the opposite gender does not mean that they are of the wrong gender.
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I did not want this video to end. She has such an amazing voice. The world needs more people like her.
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What I don't get is the necessity of a label at all, even in the case of dating websites you're selecting genitals not filtering for a system of behaviors.
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I want to hug you, you are great.
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Thanks for this. As a woman who has always been on the tomboy side of things, I've been extremely confused about why someone would feel the need to actually change genders. I've looked at gender as unimportant because I'll do what I want, regardless of whether it's considered appropriate for a woman. But I can see that this is more difficult for men to do without extreme harassment and violence.
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She's such a good public speaker and has an interesting personality
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Great talk , l do not agree with everything you said but it was a real pleasure listening to your intelligent speech.
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Present yourself anyway you want. Man/woman girl /boy I personally donât care . Dress however you like đ. If people donât accept you thatâs their problem.
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She said â6 in 1,000 = 6%.â Iâm trying to better understand the science behind gender dysphoria. This did not help, unfortunately.
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Gender identity isnât important. Be yourself not a caricature of what you think a woman is or a man is. Itâs incredibly sexist to women that you think we all just like pink, shoes, and makeup. Also, participate in your own sports please, pave your own path just like real women did.
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We can break the prison of gender identity by conforming to it?
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This was seriously a great talk. I deserves more views.
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Thanks for sharing! Very insightful.
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Thank you for your talk
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I love you for giving this talk. Thank you.
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@EHAmos
2 years ago
12:43 "Because that's the penalty for failing to comply" Calling it out like that instead of using more socially safe terms completely changed how I view the entire gender spectrum.
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